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Autore |
Jasper David |
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Titolo |
The sacred desert [[electronic resource] ] : religion, literature, art, and culture / / David Jasper |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-31113-8 |
9786611311131 |
0-470-77649-8 |
0-470-77722-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (234 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Spiritual life - Christianity |
Deserts - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-199) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: meeting points -- The Bible, Schoenberg, and Heidegger -- The desert fathers : wanderings and miracles -- Time and memory, wind and space : the desert and mysticism -- Mysticism and modernity : Thomas Merton meets Don Cupitt -- The literature of the desert, I : travellers and poets -- The literature of the desert, II : novelists -- Artists : Georgia O'Keeffe, Bill Viola, and American abstract expressionism -- Films of the desert : Pier Paolo Pasolini, Wim Wenders, and Claire Denis -- Desert theology and total presence : the poets William Blake and Yves Bonnefoy meet Hegel and Tom Altizer -- Conclusion: meeting point. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Sacred Desert is a reflection on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film.:.; An original reflection on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film.; Discusses figures as diverse as Jesus, the early Christian Desert Fathers, T.E. Lawrence, T.S. Eliot, Georgia O'Keeffe, Wim Wenders and Jim Crace.; Makes connections across millennia of desert literature.; Deepens the reader's understanding of the desert as a real place, as an interior |
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space, and as a textual site,.; Concludes with comments on the recent conflicts in Iraq.; Written in a r |
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